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Let’s Invade Europe!

By on April 18, 2011 in Domains, eurid, Marketing, Promotions

We unveiled one of the elements of our .eu marketing campaign a few days ago when we announced the availability of multi-year .eu domain name registrations (and renewals). Our choice of imagery seems to have struck a chord in some parts! So today we’re unveiling the next phase of our master plan (queue Dr Evil [...]

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Another Milestone Another Special Offer

By on November 1, 2010 in Domains, eurid, News, Promotions

I’m a strong believer in setting goals. They help me to remain focussed. We have been the largest registrar of .eu domains in Ireland for quite some time, but I really wanted to get us into the top 100 .eu domain name registrars globally. So I was delighted to get an email from one of [...]

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Have You Got Your .EU?

By on June 3, 2010 in Domains, eurid

We’re often asked by people about which domain names they should register for their business. This time round we’re going to have a look at .eu What is .eu? The .eu domain is the domain name for the European Union Why should I get a .eu domain name? If you’re doing business across Europe and [...]

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Cheap EU Domains – What Would You Do To Get One?

By on September 30, 2009 in Domains, eurid, Promotions

Here at Blacknight we take domains very seriously. It’s a very serious business. We were shocked and horrified when we heard stories circulating in the “underground” about cash strapped kitties having to go to great lengths to get low cost domains. So in order to save the kitties we introduced yet another domain promotion! This time [...]

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Putting The Accent Back Into Domains – IDNs In EU

By on September 11, 2009 in Domains, eurid, IDN, News

I’ve mentioned IDNs (Internationalised Domain Names) a few times in the past and they were one of the topics on the agenda in Slovenia earlier this week as well. Eurid, the registry operator for .eu, has now announced that it will be launching support for IDNs on 10 December 2009. What does that mean? Simply [...]

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Learning About CIS, Central and Eastern European Domains

By on September 8, 2009 in cctlds, Domains, dotme, dotmobi, Events, icann

For the last couple of days I’ve been in the lovely town of Bled, Slovenia, for the 2nd International Conference for ccTLD Registries and Registrars of CIS, Central and Eastern Europe which was organised by the .ru (Russia) registry. The conference agenda covered a wide variety of topics and was very interesting. While some of [...]

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Maintaining Sanity

By on July 31, 2009 in Blacknight, Domains, eurid

Since we launched the new control panel last year we’ve been working behind the scenes on several things that needed to be done in order to move domains and other things from one system to the other. It’s a work in progress – but we are getting there ! As you may know, we are [...]

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Blacknight Solutions the Largest Irish Seller of .EU Domain Names

By on June 11, 2009 in Domains, eurid, Press Releases

Blacknight Solutions, Ireland’s leading internet services company, is proud to announce it is now the largest domain name registrar for .eu domain names in Ireland. “A .eu domain name is a great way not just for Irish businesses, but all Europeans, to promote themselves throughout Europe and the wider world,” said Michele Neylon, CEO of [...]

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Another Milestone – Largest Eurid Registrar in Ireland

By on May 22, 2009 in Domains, eurid

Milestones are great, especially when you least expect them. Earlier today I logged into our Eurid account to check some figures and saw this: We’re now the largest Eurid accredited registrar in Ireland and climbing up the overall charts steadily (we’ve still got a long way to go globally!)

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Protect Your Brand Globally – IIA Congress 2009

By on May 18, 2009 in Domains, Events

As part of the IIA Congress this week I’ll be involved in one of the afternoon “breakout” sessions: Protect Your Brand GloballyThe session, which is sponsored by Eurid, will involve registry operators (Eurid), registrars (Blacknight) and the legal profession (Matheson Ormsby Prentice). What will we be talking about? In broad terms it’s all about domains, [...]

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EU Renewal Anniversary Month – Want To Save Money?

By on March 31, 2009 in Blacknight, Domains, eurid

April is almost upon us yet again, which if you’re a domain holder means time to renew all your .eu domains that you got when .eu registration opened. I don’t like comparing prices with our competitors as it can get a little bit silly, but last night, for “a laugh”, I decided to check out [...]

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Currency Markets and Internet Business

By on October 7, 2008 in Blacknight, Domains, eurid, icann, iedr, nominet, verisign

I’ve never been “into” Wall Street, currency markets or any of that kind of stuff. Sure, I read The Sunday Business Post, Time and Fortune magazine, but that’s about the extent of it. However, even if I’ve never been that interested in currency markets I’ve always been very conscious of currency rates’ impact on our [...]

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